Just wanted to thank everyone involoved with putting on French Quarter Festival for a great weekend. This was our third year in a row from Atlanta and the changes made this year seemed to really help the flow. The music as usual was fantastic and ditto for the the food. Keep up the good work and thanks again. Also a special thank you to the sanitation crews who really did a great job with the port-o-lets and the other trash. Those thing really make a difference.

I live in Atlanta. My wife and come to the French Quarter Festival and although it doesn't make that much difference to me she certainly noticed how much cleaner the Quarter was after the new company came on the scene. Should it revert back to the lever of filth and odor prior to that time I doubt that she, and thus me, will continue to visit at least once a year. I doubt that we will be the only ones.

Thanks to the FGF organizers for throwing a great party Thursday night. The music was fantastic and the Natchez was a better location than last year at JB's. Hopefully the Natchez will be available in future years.

My wife and I attended last year and this years' FQF. Had a wonderful time this year and special kudos to STD for the job they do keeping things clean and picked up. The only minor complaint from this year was that they could have used more port-o-lets but I'm guessing they did not anticipate the crowds they got. We are from Atlanta and it was good to see so many people having a good time. Special thank you to all the volunteers for doing a great job.

Great column. My wife and I have been to NO several times both before and after Katrina and we will be returning for French Quarter Fest which we were also at last year. I would encourage anyone who is on the fence about a place to visit to come down during that weekend. Wonderful free music and great food everywhere is hard to beat if you like having a good time.